ETHN 280: Children of Immigrants

(1 Unit)
Prerequisite: SOC 101 or ETHN 103 or ANTH 105 or permission of instructor.
A study of theoretical arguments in the current literature on immigrant adaptation and assimilation, public fears of multiculturalism and an examination of empirical research into how social class, race/ethnicity and gender shape outcomes for 1½ and 2nd generation immigrants. Examines in depth the renegotiation of identity and the process of incorporation for immigrant families in the U.S. Verduzco-Baker.